"I noticed the guard coming down on my roof, then I saw the train and jumped out," said Alan Jones, who was driving the truck.

UPDATE: Springdale tractor trailer into train accident posed no danger to the community. Trailer carrying non-hazardous resin got stuck on tracks and was hit. Driver was able to get out of harms way before collision. Crews working to remove the tractor trailer now. pic.twitter.com/G6y82GIUgH

He managed to get out before a Norfolk Southern freight train came barreling into the trailer carrying the resin.

"If he was about a half a foot back further, the truck actually would be sitting in front of the train right now, so luckily he was half a foot away from any more serious damage," said Robert Patton, a patrolman with Springdale Borough Police Department.